Straight-up enjoyment? Definitely harder to find, though I think it's an important quality in a turnaround manager. You have to at least be willing to do some o

Straight-up enjoyment? Definitely harder to find, though I think it's an important quality in a turnaround manager. You have to at least be willing to do some of that if you're an outside hire. Mainly, the OPs job sounds like it will be a cleanup / turnaround role since the past person was dismissed for poor communication and has a globally distributed team (remote teams are hard enough to manage even with good communication). The question asked by the OP indicates that they would not necessarily enjoy some dysfunction among the development teams so... maybe not the best fit unless they're willing to do some repair work. I'd be more worried about detecting dysfunction from management than from the teams that I would be leading. I know I will have the option to re-shape the team, but I will be dependent on support from management without much leverage there. Sounded like the OP knew the managers already and trusted them so not as big an issue for the OP.